Alexander: Honeymoon Over
The sound of a train derailing down south is courtesy of President Barack Obama’s relatively smooth ride officially being over. According to the daily Presidential Tracking Poll by Rasmussen, the President now scores a “-8″ on the index that compares those Americans who “strongly approve” versus those who “strongly disapprove” of his job. The huge change from last week is likely based on the continuing disappointment in Barack Obama’s promise to deliver jobs to Americans. 39% give the President a high score on the economy while 43% believe he is doing a poor job.
The LA Times also cites a recent Harris Poll showing that his popularity has fallen from 59% to 54%, and disapproval up to 46%. On the economy he fares very poorly with 43% approving and 57% disapproving. LA Times writer Andrew Malcolm seems to have found the source of the negativity in that pesky older demographic:
In other numerical revelations, just 4% of Americans say that Wall Street or credit card companies are honest or trustworthy. A majority of young people still approve of Obama’s job performance, but a majority of seniors over 64 now don’t (54%). Maybe they’ll all die before the next election.
Indeed. Perhaps that’s what the Democrats universal health care strategy is based on.
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